Michael Cheng

Solo Founder | 20+ Years in Tech

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💥 Every fast-shipping #SaaS #SoloFounder has their own secret sauce. Mine is the MERN + Astro + TypeScript stack.

#VibeCoding is just an appearance. I’ve been in tech for 2 decades. If you want to ship alone and try to survive in 2026, this is why I recommend it 👇

- #Astro: Most founders lose users because of slow landing pages. Astro gives you a massive #SEO advantage by removing the heavy code that kills global search rankings.

- #MongoDB: Rigid #SQL databases are a trap for solo devs. MongoDB lets your data grow and change as fast as your ideas, without wasting days on painful migrations.

- #TypeScript: #JavaScript is a minefield of easy mistakes. TypeScript is your only defense against the silent bugs that crash your app when you aren't looking.

- #MERN Maturity: Don't waste time building basics. The ecosystem is so advanced that every major payment or #AI tool is built to work here first.

- One Language: Context-switching is a hidden price on your productivity. Using one language for everything lets you master your entire system, not just parts of it.

Stop overcomplicating your tech. Use a stack that lets you focus on your business, not your infrastructure. 🏆

#BuildInPublic

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Passage
by @VChangPoet

Every leaf that falls
never stops falling. I once
thought that leaves were leaves.
Now I think they are feeling,
in search of a place—
someone's hair, a park bench, a 
finger. Isn't that
like us, going from place to
place, looking to be alive?

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@IntCyberDigest Left: Customer is the King.
Right: I am your King.

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@TheCryptoCPA @Google Cool 👍 How long the bettery life would be?

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@TycoonRazzi I prefer to see it as iPhone 4 in its time. 😃

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@ThePeterMick Perhaps reliability is the rarest feature among products in the age of AI. Nice choice 👍

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@Anas_founder Grok

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@robj3d3 We make choices,
live with the consequences,
repeat this pattern many times.
Then, we call it our lives.

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@hiarun02 Isn’t G for Google already?

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@jaystratton Hi, I saw the Kindle version is not available yet, will it support soon? Thanks in advance!

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@sheinspire0azw mine

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@MrWinMarshall 🙏

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@AKirtesh - Productivity
- Keyboard & Trackpad

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@AfolabiDewale Single monitor is never enough.

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@Mr_Salio Is Mac Mini a laptop?

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@alspee Moving to Toronto is the best decision I made so far.

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@iamtanzil_ https://t.co/m6hAkAlY9R

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@iamtanzil_ https://t.co/dkrqh69LH3

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@MadebyIsaac I’m a solo founder based in Toronto too, let’s connect 🤝

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@xzordhalox Marketing, learning and practicing it. Way harder than coding.😂

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@t_dumbre https://t.co/dkrqh69LH3